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5/11/2013 9:14:57 AM EDT
I bought a carry handle at the last gun show I went to that has the Cardinal forge mark. Looks like it came off an M16A4 as it came in an ACOG case with manual and Trijicon lens pen. I'm thinking USMC replaced carry handle with ACOG, stuck carry handle in ACOG case and was later sold to dude that sold it to me. My research finds nothing about Cardinal being USGI. What say ye? Paid 25.00 for it, also seller had a dozen or so with various marks, all were in the same cases with the same accessories.
5/11/2013 10:10:03 AM EDT
[#1]
Certainly possible - a number of subcontractors made carry handles for USGI contracts.
5/11/2013 11:58:43 AM EDT
[#2]
Cardinal Forge is not who machined & finished the carry handle so the source of the forge mark is superfluous. But, like the poster above me stated, contract parts come from numerous sources.
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